DHAKA: Arab League chief Nabil Al-Araby said on Sunday peace talks aimed at ending the conflict in Syria would take place on November 23 in Geneva.

‘I discussed the Syria file with Lakhdar Brahimi and it was decided that the Geneva meeting would take place on November 23 and arrangements are being made to prepare for this conference,’ Al-Araby told reporters in Cairo after a meeting with Brahimi, the international envoy for Syria.

But at the same news conference, Brahimi said, ‘The date has not been officially set’, reports The Straits Times.

A senior Syrian official said last week that the long-delayed conference was scheduled for November 23-24, but co-organisers Russia and the United States said no date had been set.

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